mortality/aging
• embryos with the maternally inherited allele die neonatally
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adipose tissue
• expression of brown adipose development and function genes are altered in embryos with the maternally inherited allele, indicating compromised brown adipose tissue development
• interscapular brown adipose tissue shows disorganized morphology with large areas of lipid in E18.5 fetuses with the materanally inherited allele
• mitochondrial DNA content of interscapular brown adipose tissue in embryos with the maternally inherited allele is 40% less than the wild-type level
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• E18.5 embryos with the maternally inherited allele have poorly discernable interscapular brown adipose tissue depots lacking the characteristic butterfly shape normally seen at this stage
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• E18.5 embryos with the maternally inherited allele have poorly discernable interscapular brown adipose tissue depots lacking the characteristic butterfly shape normally seen at this stage
• interscapular brown adipose tissue shows disorganized morphology with large areas of lipid at E18.5
• mitochondrial DNA content of interscapular brown adipose tissue is 40% less than the wild-type level
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